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κατάδυσις

κατάδυσις, a going down into, descent

κατά-δῠσις, εως, ἡ,
  • dipping: hence, setting, of stars, in pl., Hipparch. 2.6.1, Ptol. Tetr. 140: metaph., κ. εὐλογιστίας, opp. ἀνατολὴ ἀφροσύνης, Ph. 1.415.
      • 2 of a river, descent into an underground course, Str. 8.8.4.
      • 3 generally, going down into, descent, Luc. VH 1.33.
    • II hiding-place, hole, Id. Am. 34, Ph. 1.315, Ath. 11. 477d, Gal. 11.167 (pl.).
      • 2 depth, Sm. Ps. 68(69).3.
      • 3 = θαλάμη, Erot. s.v. ὕποφρον.
    • III present world (as subject to decline), Aq. Ps. 16(17).14, Id., Sm. Ps. 48(49).2; so of human life, Aq. Ps. 38 (39).6.
    • IV rendering of Hebr. miphleseth ‘a thing to shudder at’, LXX 3 Ki. 15.13.
    • V (καταδύω II.2) ducking of the head in a bath, Orib. Fr. 48.

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